Q38 Key Vault Domain 4 · 20–25% of exam

A team wants to use Key Vault to manage TLS certificates for an Azure Application Gateway. Which Key Vault object type should the certificate be stored as?

  1. A Secret (PFX base64 encoded)
  2. B Key (RSA)
  3. C Certificate (native Key Vault cert with lifecycle management) (correct answer)
  4. D Both Secret and Certificate

Shortcut: Store the certificate as a Key Vault Certificate object. Application Gateway can reference it directly via managed identity. Key Vault handles renewal; Application Gateway pulls the latest version automatically.